Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
X-ray xm esophagus 2cntrst
Atlanta, GA
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Emory University’s median price of $169 is 32% below the median hospital's median price ($246), higher than 16% of the 2,042 hospitals reporting CPT 74221. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 11 payers, 19 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Aetna exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $113 | $113 | — | — | — | $113 – $113 |
| 2 | Cigna hmo/pos facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $113 | $113 | — | — | — | $113 – $113 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue pathways exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $114 | $114 | — | — | — | $114 – $114 |
| 4 | Kaiser hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $125 | $125 | — | — | — | $125 – $125 |
| 5 | Aetna hpn whole health other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $136 | $136 | — | — | — | $136 – $136 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hpn other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $142 | $142 | — | — | — | $142 – $142 |
| 7 | Oscar exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $144 | $144 | — | — | — | $144 – $144 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $167 | $167 | — | — | — | $167 – $167 |
| 9 | Humana hmo/pos facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $169 | $169 | — | — | — | $169 – $169 |
| 10 | Humana medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $169 | $169 | — | — | — | $169 – $169 |
| 11 | Devoted medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $176 | $176 | — | — | — | $176 – $176 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue value secure medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $178 | $178 | — | — | — | $178 – $178 |
| 13 | Aetna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $179 | $179 | — | — | — | $179 – $179 |
| 14 | Cigna healthspring medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $181 | $181 | — | — | — | $181 – $181 |
| 15 | Clover medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $185 | $185 | — | — | — | $185 – $185 |
| 16 | WellCare medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $186 | $186 | — | — | — | $186 – $186 |
| 17 | Ambetter peach state exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $373 | $373 | — | — | — | $373 – $373 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare core/charter/nexus other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $456 | $456 | — | — | — | $456 – $456 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare hmo/pos facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $456 | $456 | — | — | — | $456 – $456 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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